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Mikeus Caesar
10-12-2007, 15:38
Through my excessive browsing of the internet (i'm unemployed and have 2 months in which to do nothing so subsequently spend 8 hours a day browsing the far reaches of the internet) i've managed to burn the image of my web browser faintly into the top left corner of my screen. It's most visible on blue backgrounds. According to a number of websites, the best thing to do is leave the computer showing a completely white background - some sites say 15 minutes up to an hour should do the trick, while others say it should equal the amount of time spent burning the image, in my case over half a year!

Is there any truth to this? I read the science behind it, it seems pretty plausible. And if it is true, just how long will it take to fix itself if left on a white background?
Whacker
10-12-2007, 16:05
Ask and ye shall receive my child.

http://compreviews.about.com/od/monitors/a/LCDBurnIn.htm (http://compreviews.about.com/od/monitors/a/LCDBurnIn.htm)

Let us know how it works!
Mikeus Caesar
10-12-2007, 16:15
About.com never lies


Run the screen with a single solid color or bright white for an extended period of time. This will cause all of the crystals to be reset at a single color setting and should erase and previous image persistence.

But just how long is 'an extended period of time'?
Whacker
10-12-2007, 16:38
I'd say run a screensaver that could cause epilepsy in an elephant for maybe 15 min a day, followed by a stark white screen for 15 min, and always turn off your LCD when you aren't using it. See if that helps in a few days or weeks.

Honestly I'm surprised, I was under the impression that LCDs were immune to burn-in, would seem I am wrong here. As to what I recommended above, based on what I've read so far, seems like a good plan. /shrug It can't hurt at least, just don't have a seizure. :grin:
Husar
10-12-2007, 18:09
Honestly I'm surprised, I was under the impression that LCDs were immune to burn-in, would seem I am wrong here.
Same here, never noticed anything like that either, but then I turn the screen off together with the rest of the PC during the night or when I'm away for more than a few minutes.
Mikeus Caesar
10-13-2007, 10:07
LCD's are meant to be immune, but then they don't take into account people like me who are on it for most of the day.

Anyway, the white screen appears to be working. Yesterday i could make out details on the burn such as buttons and stuff. Today i can only faintly see the address bar and a tiny bit of browser.

Much better!
Husar
10-13-2007, 10:19
Don't you ever play games in full screen mode? Do you leave it on over the night? :inquisitive:

I'm just curious, I also browse for extended periods of time etc but I can't even see an image of the windows taskbar, I looked for one yesterday when I played M&B but there was nothing that wasn't supposed to be there.

Sounds like a weird phenomenon but then I never had such burnt-in images on my old CRTs either. :shrug:
Mikeus Caesar
10-13-2007, 20:33
Don't you ever play games in full screen mode? Do you leave it on over the night? :inquisitive:

I'm just curious, I also browse for extended periods of time etc but I can't even see an image of the windows taskbar, I looked for one yesterday when I played M&B but there was nothing that wasn't supposed to be there.

Sounds like a weird phenomenon but then I never had such burnt-in images on my old CRTs either. :shrug:

I'm unemployed, have a cushy life with my parents and have had 4 months of spare time in which to do very little.

In those 4 months i've come to the discovery that browsing the internet obsessively for 8 hours a day is not good for your monitor.

The thing that surprises me though is that my taskbar hasn't caused any screenburn. Makes no sense.